Now tell us what you think about this: Is it right to pay taxes to the Roman government or not?” But Jesus knew their evil motives. “You hypocrites!” he said. “Whom are you trying to fool with your trick questions? Here, show me the Roman coin used for the tax.” When they handed him the [...]

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When I took a look at the graph of my blog stats today, it reminded me of the need to keep perspective and be humble. We should never be too proud of our accomplishments in life or too down on ourselves on the off days. We’ll have our share of ups and downs. My pastor, [...]

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A friend of mine, Charles, works for a food distributor. One of his best and oldest clients canceled its coffee order. The complaint was that the coffee had changed. It didn’t have the same flavor it had over the years. Customers were complaining about the flavor. Knowing nothing had changed with the coffee, Charles paid [...]

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I’ve struck up a pretty good relationship at the gym with the elliptical machine. We get along great. It’s easy, low impact and a great way to burn a lot of calories in a short amount of time. What I love about running on the elliptical instead of on a track is that the machine [...]

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When I was in college, my fraternity held our biggest fundraiser at the Rose Parade every year. We’d camp out at a house or church for a few days taking turns reserving a large spot along the parade route. On New Year’s Eve, we’d deliver about 100 chairs to the location & set up camp [...]

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I live by my navigation system. However, it tends to talk too much. It tells me there is a left turn ahead, then tells me again as I get closer, then as I approach the intersection, it tells again to turn left. Sometimes I turn the volume all the way down. Other times I turn [...]

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Be sure to catch the two side notes in #4 below… I can see those being especially transferable to other ministry settings Tonight we began a 4-week series on the New Testament. The goal of this lesson was to help students see 4 lessons we can learn from what the shepherds experienced when the angel [...]

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Back in the day (about 15 years ago) I was at a gas station with my roommate. While he gassed up the car, I went inside to grab a soda. In line behind me were two belligerent drunk guys. They were loudly insulting those around them and laughing it up. I think being drunk must [...]

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I was near Hollywood last night so I dropped in on the Oscars. I watched through a chainlink fence on the corner of Hollywood and Vine (I think) as the limousines dropped off the stars to the show. Even though I was just across the street from the action, it was difficult to see who [...]

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I lived in Seattle for 9 months after college. The move back was a big ordeal. I had a small 1976 Toyota pickup named Charlie. I packed every inch of that truck. There were a few items, however, that had to be mounted to the top because they couldn’t fit inside. Most of my time [...]

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